Kusukela ekugconeni ngenkonzo yezempi kaJohn McCain kuya edelela amasosha aseMelika abashone phesheya “njengabalahlekile” kanye “namasuckers,” uDonald Trump ukhombise ukungahloniphi omakadebona eminyakeni edlule. Ngokuphambene, uJoe Biden uhlale encoma inkonzo yezempi, okuhlanganisa nendodana yakhe ayithandayo engasekho, uBeau. Ngakho-ke kungokwemvelo kumaDemocrats ukwethemba ukuthi mhlawumbe kulokhu iningi lomakadebona ngeke livotele uTrump, njengoba lenzile izikhathi ezimbili zokugcina. Kepha ngokudabukisayo, uma kukhulunywa ngezindaba zamangqalabutho, umehluko phakathi kokukhetha kwenqubomgomo kaBiden kanye nekaTrump awuqinile ngendlela umuntu angathemba ngayo.
Kuya azimemezele "umpetha omkhulu kunabo bonke omakadebona abake baba naye e-White House," njengoba uTrump enza ngo-Agasti odlule eNew Hampshire, umongameli wangaphambili wayezogqamisa uMthetho Wokuziphendulela we-VA ka-2017 noma uMthetho we-VA MISSION Act ka-2018 owawunomthelela omkhulu. Lo mthethosivivinywa wokugcina uthembise ukunciphisa izikhathi zokulinda ezibhedlela ze-VA futhi unikeze omakadebona “inketho” enkulu yodokotela ngokuphoqa uMnyango Wezindaba Zomakadebona ukuthi unikeze ukunakekelwa kwawo okwengeziwe kubahlinzeki bemboni ezimele nezikhungo zezokwelapha. Kusukela lapho, amalungu esevisi angaphambili ayizigidi ezingu-9 athola ukunakekelwa okuxhaswe yi-VA abe yisihloko sokuhlolwa kokugcinwa kwangasese okunezinkinga. Futhi abaningi, kanye nezinyunyana ezimele abasebenzi be-VA abangu-300,000, abajabule ngakho.
Umthetho we-MISSION uphambukise cishe ingxenye yesithathu yesabelomali sokunakekelwa kwezempilo se-VA embonini ezimele. Omunye umphumela ukuthi omakadebona kufanele bancintisane nabangewona amakadebona ukuze bathole ukunakekelwa kuyilapho kufanele babhekane nokuntula ukusebenzisana okufanayo iningi lethu elibhekana nakho lapho sizama ukuzulazula ohlelweni lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwase-US oluhlakazeke kakhulu.
Omunye umphumela ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali ngaphakathi kwezikhungo ze-VA okuthinta kabi amazinga abasebenzi, ukuqashwa okusha, nezimo zomsebenzi ezweni lonke. Isibonelo, ngenxa yokushoda kwesabelomali sendawo esingu-$76 million, i-VA Medical Center e-San Francisco isanda kumisa uhlelo lokuhlela oludumile ngabahlengikazi, ngemva kokwenqaba ukuxoxisana ngaleso sinqumo. Ama-RN manje kufanele asebenze ishifu yamahora ayisishiyagalombili engeziwe ngaphandle kwenkokhelo eyengeziwe, okungasizi ukugcinwa kwabasebenzi abahlengikazi noma ukuqashwa.
Kungahle kubonakale sengathi ukwehluleka okwandayo koMthetho we-MISSION kuzonikeza iBiden neDemocrats izinhlamvu ezanele zokuhlasela uTrump kanye namaRepublican. Nokho, kunenkinga eyodwa. Lo mthetho uphasiswe ngokwesekwa okukhulu kwama-bipartisan, futhi uBiden akenzanga lutho ukushintsha inkambo selokhu angena esikhundleni.
Ngo-2014, uMongameli u-Barack Obama wahlabeka umxhwele ngenxa yokumenyezelwa kwezwe lonke mayelana nokubambezeleka kokuqokwa esibhedlela esisodwa somakadebona e-Arizona, okwaholela ekusuleni ngenkani unobhala wakhe we-VA. Ngaleso sikhathi, ucwaningo ngemva kocwaningo lwabonisa ukuthi i-VA, nakuba ikude nokuphelela, yayisebenza kahle kakhulu kunolunye uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwase-US kumamethrikhi asukela ekusebenzisaneni kokunakekelwa kuya ekubambeleleni ezivumelwaneni ezisekelwe ebufakazini. Lolu hlelo luphinde lwathola ukwesekwa okuqinile okuvela ezinhlanganweni zomakadebona bendabuko ezifana ne-American Legion. Kepha esikhundleni sokuvikela irekhodi eliphakeme le-VA, amaDemocrat abalulekile ajoyine amaRiphabhlikhi ekuceleni ukukhishwa okwengeziwe, ukulungiswa kwenqubomgomo ethandwa ngabakwaKoch.
abazalwane-abaxhaswe ngezimali i-Concerned Veterans for America.
Ukukhetha kukaBiden ukuhola i-VA, uDenis McDonough, kuwine ihlombe ngokuphinda kuxoxiswane ngezinkontileka zezinyunyana ze-VA. Uphinde waqeda impi yokuphatha kukaTrump ngamalungelo enqubo efanelekile yabasebenzi bakahulumeni ngokuxazulula isikhalazo esikhulu sekilasi ngokuxoshwa ngokungafanele e-VA. UBiden uphinde wasayina iSithembiso Sokubhekana Nomthetho Ogcwele Ubuthi, owabela okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-400 kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo ukuze kukhokhelwe ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nokukhubazeka kwamasosha angaphambili achayeka emigodini yokushiswa ngesikhathi sokuthunyelwa kwawo ngo-9/11 eMiddle East noma ezingozini zamakhemikhali kwenye indawo. . Cishe izimangalo eziyizigidi eziyi-1.3 ezihlobene noMthetho we-PACT sezifakiwe.
Kodwa abaphathi abenzi lutho ukuhlehlisa ukwenziwa kwangasese kohlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwe-VA, okuhlanganisa nezisulu zemigodi eshisiwe, futhi baze bathatha nezinyathelo ezibalulekile zokukusheshisa. Ngo-2022, uMcDonough walandela izeluleko zochwepheshe besikhathi sikaTrump futhi wancoma ukuthi kuvalwe noma kwehliswe ezinye izikhungo zezokwelapha ze-VA, izikhungo zeziguli ezilaliswa esibhedlela, amagumbi ezimo eziphuthumayo kanye nemitholampilo yeziguli ezingaphandle. Lokhu bekuyophoqa iziguli eziningi nakakhulu ukuthi ziphumele ngaphandle kwe-VA ukuze ziyothola ukwelashwa—ngisho nasezindaweni zasemaphandleni lapho kukhona abambalwa (uma bekhona) abahlinzeki bezempilo yengqondo kanye nokunakekelwa okuyisisekelo. Yimibhikisho ehlanganisiwe kuphela yezinhlangano zesevisi yomakadebona kanye namalungu azo, kanye nabanakekeli be-VA neziguli zabo, okumise lolu hlelo.
Ngenkathi engenela umongameli ngo-2020, uBiden wafunga ukuthi uzofinyelela “ibhalansi efanele phakathi kwe-VA nokunakekelwa komphakathi” kosonkontileka bangaphandle. Kepha esesikhundleni, uBiden ugcine inqubomgomo kaTrump yokukhipha imali ebizayo nokungadingeki kumshayeli ozenzakalelayo. Manje, ukwenziwa okuyimfihlo kusongela ikhono le-VA lokuletha ukunakekelwa kwekhwalithi ephezulu, okukhethekile ezigulini ezindala nezintsha, okuhlanganisa nalokho kuthutheleka okukhulu komakadebona abanezinkinga zempilo ezimbozwe uMthetho we-PACT.
Abaningi abanakekeli abaphambili abasenaso isikhathi esanele sokunakekela iziguli, baqondise abaqeqeshwayo (i-VA isiza ekufundiseni amaphesenti angama-70 odokotela besizwe), benze amashadi, futhi bazame ukuxhumana nabahlinzeki bangaphandle. Njengoba kubikwe ngaphambili ku Monthly, uMcDonough wayekwazi ukubhala kabusha imithetho yokuphatha, eyamenyezelwa umanduleli wakhe, eyavula iminyango yezikhukhula yokukhishwa kwabasebenzi ngaphezu kwalokho ngisho nabasekeli be-MISSION Act ababekulindele noma ababekufuna. Kodwa kuze kube manje, wenqabile ukwenza lokhu.
Okungasho ukuthi i-VA kanye nomakadebona bazohamba kangcono ngaphansi kwethemu lesibili likaTrump. Isibonelo, abahleli bezinguquko ze-GOP ku-Heritage Foundation ukuziqhayisa ngaphansi kukaTrump, i-VA yaba "enye yezikhungo ezihlonishwa kakhulu zase-US," futhi ngokufanelekile yenza isifungo sokukhipha ukunakekelwa kwayo okwengeziwe ezinhlelweni zokunakekelwa kwezempilo zezentengiselwano. Ukuthi ngabe lesi sifungo singadala ukuthi abanye omakadebona bacabange kabusha ukweseka kwabo uTrump kusazobonakala, kodwa kungasiza uma uBiden engachaza ukuthi ukuphatha kwakhe kuzokwenza kanjani kangcono ngesikhathi sesibili.
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